The Network for Social and Educational Equity’s researchers Stuart Hall and Kevin Lowden have co-authored a paper on poverty and school education in Scotland. Titled Beyond the Pandemic: Poverty and School Education in Scotland, the paper explores the rise in child poverty and the impact on educational attainment. It presents a series of research findingsContinue reading “Education and poverty”
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Research shows pandemic strengthened LAs’ willingness to collaborate
The pandemic strengthened working relationships between eight Scottish local authorities, leading to more willingness to collaborate and to learn new approaches to teaching practice. That’s the finding of a recent evaluation report into the work of the West Partnership, Scotland’s largest Regional Improvement Collaborative by the University of Glasgow’s Robert Owen Centre researchers. University researchersContinue reading “Research shows pandemic strengthened LAs’ willingness to collaborate”
University of Glasgow team travels to Chile for ICSEI2023
Ken Jones, of the International Professional Development Association with Professor Chris Chapman and Carmen Montecinos, local co-chair of ICSEI 2023 This month, members of the Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change from the School of Education at the University of Glasgow team travelled to Vina del Mar, Chile, for the 2023 International Congress for SchoolContinue reading “University of Glasgow team travels to Chile for ICSEI2023“
Teacher collaboration – improvements in skills development, writing, health and wellbeing and more
West Partnership (WP) RIC Collaborative Action Research (CAR) and ROC Case Studies How does collaborative action research (CAR) work in Scottish schools? The Robert Owen Centre Team at the university of Glasgow has supported the West Partnership Regional Improvement Collaborative’s learning system since its beginning. This has been mainly through the development and progression ofContinue reading “Teacher collaboration – improvements in skills development, writing, health and wellbeing and more“
Growing young learners’ confidence and skills in Clydebank
In this blog, our researcher Dr Jo Neary reflects on some of the activities from one of the NSEE projects – Children, Learning and Inclusive Places (or CLIP). CLIP is focused on understanding how children and young people experience their local communities, and how they can get involves in issues that affect them. Learn moreContinue reading “Growing young learners’ confidence and skills in Clydebank “
Healthy Schools – enhancing children’s ability to make positive choices
The NSEE team with NHS Lanarkshire colleagues Enhancing children’s ability to make positive health and wellbeing choices is what most schools in Scotland aspire to do. Can a framework that provides an approach to planning, tracking, monitoring and evaluating health and wellbeing provide the support such an aspiration needs? This was the question the evaluationContinue reading “Healthy Schools – enhancing children’s ability to make positive choices”
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY ‘COLLABORATIVE’ IN COLLABORATIVE ACTION RESEARCH?
Dr Jo Neary, a researcher with the Network for Social and Educational Equity explains here how collaborative action research can be applied in school settings to reach groups that may otherwise miss out. Collaborative Action Research (CAR) is an evidence-based enquiry model that can be applied to all educational settings and to all improvement areas.Continue reading “WHAT DO WE MEAN BY ‘COLLABORATIVE’ IN COLLABORATIVE ACTION RESEARCH?”
Chilean study visit
Earlier this month, the Network for Social and Educational Equity team welcomed Milena Paez Silva, a psysich’s teacher from Chile for a study visit to the University of Glasgow. Milena, who works as a lecturer at Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso (PUCV), Chile, was a member of the team who worked with NSEE and Children’sContinue reading “Chilean study visit”
250th anniversary event commemorates Robert Owen
The New Lanark Trust is hosting a special conference at the World Heritage Site at New Lanark commemorating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Owen, the site’s most famous advocate, from 1 to 3 March. The event, from Robert Owen to World Heritage and beyond: legacies of social reform and heritage-led regeneration, celebratesContinue reading “250th anniversary event commemorates Robert Owen”
What can we learn from COVID-19?
In this short piece, Dr Jo Neary of the Network for Social and Educational Equity (NSEE) reflects on how schools’ responses to COVID-19 both emphasised existing good practice and challenged schools to reflect on their social responsibility role within the community. In April 2020, over 180 countries implemented school closures in response to the communityContinue reading “What can we learn from COVID-19?”